To improve clay soils, mix in garden waste or other organic matter and turn the soil deeply in the fall.

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And,finally,do not add diseased vegetable plants to the pile if the compost will be used on a vegetable garden.

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Last spring,Michelle Obama and a group of students planted a vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House.

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Advice about composting can be found from extension services, at garden centers, in books and on the Internet.

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Michelle Obama said the main goal of the garden is to educate children and influence communities to choose and prepare healthful food.

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Florida was close behind. The leading states for bedding and garden plants are California,Michigan,Texas,North Carolina and Ohio.

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The organic garden provides food for the first family's meals and to feed hungry people in Washington.

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Composting can reduce the amount of garden and cooking waste that would otherwise go into public landfills.

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A nice little garden in front of the house was full of blue and yellow flowers.

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Earlier this month, Michelle Obama and twenty-three schoolchildren helped prepare the ground for an organic vegetable garden on the South Lawn of the White House.

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And when we cut the flowers in the garden other flowers grow in their places."

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To prepare your garden for carrots, dig up the soil,loosen it and turn it over.

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Molly Philbin is the Education and Community Garden director for the Earthbox Company.

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The next day she got out of bed and played in the garden.

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